Police: Two motorcyclists killed in motorcycle-truck crash north of Albany

LAKE LUZERNE, N.Y. (AP) — Police say two people on a motorcycle have been killed by a steel beam that shifted off an oncoming tractor-trailer near the site of the Americade rally at Lake George.

The accident happened just after 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Lake Luzerne, about 45 miles north of Albany.

Warren County Sheriff’s Lt. Robert Smith tells the Daily Gazette of Schenectady the truck driver braked hard because of a motorcycle in front of him and one of the steel construction beams on the flatbed shifted, swung out and hit the man and woman.

The names of the victims will be released after relatives are notified. Police say one was wearing an Americade bracelet.

Americade draws about 50,000 bikers each year for a week of touring, other events and exhibits. It started Tuesday.